Where does Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG ranks #5,239 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 51 patents, ranking #12 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +70% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 13.8 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Paul ranks #5,239 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 14 technology areas.

#5,239
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5239 · Foreign Corporation #5,239 · 66 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,239/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orbis
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orbis Corporation (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Paul’s 44.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 14.5 pts (33%) Velocity 8.3 pts (19%) Breadth 13.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Choral Systems · near

44
Industry Academic… · near

44
Legrand France · near

44
Paul Hettich & KG · this assignee

44
Silgan Dispensing… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Paul's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Paul?

Each dot is one of Paul’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Paul’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Paul vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Paul's grants concentrate

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 77.3% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Paul sits between Orbis Corporation and Silver Spring Networks, Inc..

Paul's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG moved from 20 to 25 grants (1.25x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Orbis

66
Orthosoft ULC

66
Pcms Holdings

66
Photonics Technol…

66
Quantumscape Batt…

66
R P Scherer

66
Röchling Automoti…

66
Silver Spring Net…

66
Paul Hettich & KG ◀

66

What this shows Paul holds 66 patents at rank #5,241, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Paul

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,241 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Paul's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Paul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Paul ranks #12 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation 44 Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation OF Yeungnam University 44 Legrand France 44 Choral Systems, LLC 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Hyundai Autoever Corp. 13.8 avg International Aids Vaccine Initiative, Inc. 13.8 avg RaySearch Laboratories AB 13.8 avg Foxconn (KUNSHAN) Computer Connector Co., Ltd. 13.8 avg

Paul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	9.1%
2016	3	4.5%
2017	2	3.0%
2018	6	9.1%
2019	6	9.1%
2020	5	7.6%
2021	9	13.6%
2022	12	18.2%
2023	5	7.6%
2024	8	12.1%
2025partial year	4	6.1%

Which technologies does Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 51

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 13

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 9

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 3

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

F16H - Gearing 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 77.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #5,239 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG against Orbis Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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